Hey Torontonians, Here's a Fun Game for the Whole Family

Best of all, it costs next to nothing.  Mom, dad, gather the kids around the computer.   Then look up lists of foreign, English-language newspapers.  Papers in France or Germany, maybe India, Japan or Israel. 

Go to the web sites of these online newspapers, locate the search bar and then type in "Rob Ford."  Sit back, you won't be waiting long.   Have the kids get a pad and paper and start keeping score.  How many stories will each paper have about Toronto's mayor and his substance abuse fiascos? 

If you want to up the game, why not everyone choose a number in advance and place bets?  Better yet, if you aspire for your own kids to follow in Rob Ford's footsteps, turn it into a drinking game.

For example, I just landed at The Japan Times to find that the paper has published 37-stories about Rob Ford.   Even AlJazeera has plenty of Rob Ford content including a few appearances in its  'week in pictures'  column.

Der Spiegel has several reports including this intriguing headline.   See if you can guess what it's about?  Rob Ford patzt mit Oralsex-Spruch.

Ford hatte erst kürzlich eingestanden, Crack geraucht und jahrelang illegale Drogen gekauft zu haben - was er zuvor geleugnet hatte. Nun wehrte sich der Bürgermeister live im Fernsehen vor Reportern gegen den Vorwurf, er habe Oralsex mit einer Mitarbeiterin haben wollen. "Das habe ich nie im Leben zu ihr gesagt, ich würde das nie machen."

Dabei hätte er es belassen können. Doch Ford legte nach. Der Vater zweier Kinder erklärte in vulgären Worten, er sei "glücklich verheiratet" und habe genug Oralsex zu Hause.

Just imagine.   All these people from all round the world are suddenly learning so much about Toronto.